Suspender-buckle



(No Model.)

W. T. FINNEY. SUSPENDER BUCKLE.

No. 408,834. Patented Aug. 13, 1889.

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\VESLEY T. FINNEY, OF BENTONVILLE, INDIANA.

SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,834, dated August 13, 1889.

Application filed April 25, 1889.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WEsLEY '1. FINNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bentonville, in the county of Fayette and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspender-Buckles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in buckles, and has for its object the provision of a buckle especially adapted for suspenders, which will be strong and durable, simple in its construction, cheaply manufactured, and readily adjusted when occasion demands.

The principal novelty of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and definitely pointed out in the claims. These objects I obtain by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 represents afront elevation of my improved buckle. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same on the line as x of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are modified forms, and Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken through the line y y of Fig. 4:.

In the drawings, A represents the frame consisting of a single piece of wire, having loops or eyes a formed by twisting the wire at the center of the respective side bars. The center of the lower side of the frame A is bent downward and then outward and upward, forming a hook to for the ring or loop in the suspender ends. The end of this hook a is extended and bent outward and downward, forming an outer or supplemental hook b for the attachment of a latch-frame, the downwardly-bent side of the frame A thus forming a double hook a and Z) in one piece.

B represents a cross bar or pintle loosely journaled in the eyes a of the frame, and on which is pivoted the tongue 0, by having its lower edge bent around the pintle. The lower edge of this tongue is extended or inclined to Serial No. 308,555. (No model.)

form abutting shoulders c to prevent lateral movement of the tongue. The upper edge of the tongue has a series of serrations or teeth formed thereon, which rest against a sleeve D on the upper bar of the frame.

E represents a latch-frame formed of a single piece of wire, its respective ends being looped and passed around the outer extremities of the top bar of the frame A, its sides in clining toward each other and terminating in a loop, as e, at the lower end. The'side bars of this latch rest on the tongue, when it is adjusted for use and the loop e is placed over the end of the outer hook I) on the frame A, which holds the ring of the suspender-end securely in place and supports the hook a, as against bending or drawing outward when made of light-weight wire. It will be noticed that by this construction and arrangement of the latch when the suspender is in place over the serrated edge of the tongue and under the upper bar of the frame, the latch will prevent the tongue from swinging out, and also prevent the suspender-ring, which is to be placed on hook a, from becoming detached.

In Fig. 8 I have shown a modified form of latch, in which the side bars thereof are arranged to extend beyond the ends of the tongue. In this instance the latch is used only as a means for retaining the suspenderring in the hook a and forsupporting the end of the hook I).

In Fig. 4 I have shown a modified form of securing the pintle to the side bars of the frame. In this form the frame is indented and the ends of the pintle are looped around the frame and the sleeve D is dispensed with.

The buckle is placed in position 011 the suspender-strap by first swinging the latch out and inserting the strap over the face and upper edge of the tongue and above the lower and below the upper cross-bars of the frame. It is then drawn tight and the suspender ring placed in the hook a. The latch is then forced down and its lower end secured in the supplemental hook b, thus securing the several parts in place and admitting of an easy adjustment when necessity requires.

I am aware that many minor changes in the construction and arrangement of the parts of my improved buckle can be made and substituted for those shown and described Without in the least departing from the-nature and principle of my invention.

lIavin g thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a buckle consisting of a frame having a hook on its lower side, the beak of said hook bent to form a supplemental hook, a tongue pivoted in the frame and a shortened loop or latch secured on the upper bar of the frame and adapted to engage the outer part of the supplemental. hook and lock the parts, substantiall as set forth.

2. In a suspender-buckle, the combination,

with the frame A, having eyes on its sides and the center of the lower side bent downward, forming a double hook rt and l) in one piece on its lower end, and the tongue U,pivoted in the frame, of the latch E, secured on the upper bar of the frame and inclined to hold the tongue in position and form a loop e, which engages and holds the outer hook I) when the parts are adjusted, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

\VESLEY '1. FINNE'Y. \Vitnesses:

W. C. lmvrs, II. B. How). 

